On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Micah Cowan wrote: > As to whether or not it will be included in mainline Wget, that depends > on the answer to your question, "does this seem like something others of > you could use?" I, personally, wouldn't find it very useful (I rarely > use even --limit-rate), so I'd be interested in knowing who would. I > suspect that it may well be the case that most folks who have need of > - --limit-rate will find your version handy, but I want to hear from > them. :)
I would appreciate and have use for such an option. We often access instruments in remote locations (think a tiny island in the Aleutians) where we share bandwidth with other organizations. As the other organizations are often involved in health and safety (Coast Guard, Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, etc.) we can not dominate the bandwidth. While --limit-rate might well be preferred in specific cases, having a --limit-percent option available as well would be nice. Jim
